The Inner Solutions Podcast
Welcome to the Inner Solutions Podcast! I am your host, Jessica Heil. I own and operate Inner Solutions, a private practice clinic located in Calgary, Canada. Inner Solutions seeks to understand and help our clients by providing empirically supported treatments and evidence-based practices with compassion and expertise. This podcast will provide you with information regarding complex psychological conditions, as well as treatments that are available.
Episodes
29 episodes
The Hidden Cost of "Doing Well" with Alina Rokhman
High-functioning anxiety, perfectionism, and self-imposed pressure can look like success, until they don't. Registered Psychologist and Clinic Director of Exhale Psychology Group Alina Rokhman & Inner Solutions Clinical Director Jessica Hei...
Gottman Therapy for Monogamous & Non-Monogamous Relationships with Simone Swenson
Using insights from Gottman Therapy, Registered Psychologist Simone Swenson of Healing Journey Collective and Inner Solutions Clinical Director Jessica Heil explore how couples of all relationship structures can deepen trust, improve communicat...
Nourish to Flourish: The Food-Mood Connection with Jana Spindler
In this episode, Registered Dietitian & Canadian Certified Counsellor Jana Spindler speaks with Inner Solutions Clinical Director Jessica Heil about how nutrition impacts mental health and provides some practical ways to support mood throug...
Making Life No Harder Than It Needs To Be with Peter Miller
In this episode, Registered Psychologist Peter Miller talks us through his personal experiences as someone who was struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder, the challenges people can face with this diagnosis, and the hope that receiving ...
Building While Breaking: The Challenges of Being a Present Dad with Brad Moser
An honest, relatable look at modern fatherhood and parenthood, where showing up matters more than perfection, and small moments of presence make the biggest difference.Our newest episode features a conversation with Brad Moser, Registere...
From Love Addiction to Lasting Recovery: Understanding the Roots of Addiction with Paige Abbott
In this episode, we explore many different forms of addiction (including love!) and unpack how attachment, craving, and recovery intertwine on the path to healing with Paige Abbott of Sana Psychological.Paige Abbott is a Registered Psych...
Supporting Neurodivergent Parents: Navigating the Perinatal Journey with Maigan Birse
In this episode, we explore how to best support neurodivergent individuals through the perinatal period, from pregnancy to postpartum with Maigan Birse of Encircled Therapy. Learn more about her in her bio:"Maigan is a...
Untangling from Thoughts: Cognitive Defusion with Bradley Lewis
In this episode, Bradley Lewis from ReThink Well Psychology unpacks the concept of cognitive defusion, a core Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skill. Learn how separating from unhelpful thoughts can create space for clar...
Empowerment Through Feminist Therapy with Crys Vincent
In this episode, we're joined by Crys Vincent, therapist and founder of Playback Therapy, to explore the transformative approach of Feminist Therapy. Crys (she/her) is a Registered Psychologist and Canadian Certified Cou...
Restful Nights: How CBT-I Can Help You Overcome Insomnia with Paige Rome
Struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep can take a toll on every part of life. In this episode, we explore Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the leading evidence-based approach for improving sleep without relying on medicatio...
Mindfulness Part Three: The Power of Presence & Learning to Participate
Clinical Director Jessica Heil and Associate Director of DBT Services and DBT Clinician Travis Hauck continue their series on the Mindfulness 'What' Skills. This episode features the Participate skill, which helps to teach us h...
Understanding Birth Trauma and Perinatal Mental Health with Christie Orr-Brown
This episode features a conversation on birth trauma and perinatal mental health between Inner Solutions' Clinical Director Jessica Heil and Christie Orr-Brown, Co-owner of Encircled Therapy & Wellness (
Mindfulness Part 2: Getting to Know 'Describe'
Clinical Director Jessica Heil and Associate Director of DBT Services Travis Hauck continue their series of episodes on the DBT Mindfulness Skills. Today's focus is on the describe skill, which is the second of the mindfulness 'What' skills. If...
Mindfulness: What's in it for Me?
Inner Solutions' Clinical Director Jessica Heil speaks with Associate Director of DBT Services & Clinician Travis Hauck about the 'why' of Mindfulness. Also as a bonus in this episode, Travis and Jessica discuss a bit about the 'What' and '...
Diary Card Effect: Tracking Real Life, Real Skills, Real Change
DBT Clinician Sharon Ng and Jessica discuss the use of Diary Cards in therapy and how they are helpful for treatment.
Healing Trauma: EMDR & Parts Work
Inner Solutions' Clinical Director Jessica Heil and DBT Clinician Cheska Vanderburg discuss the process of healing Trauma through EMDR and Parts Work.
Comprehensive DBT: Setting clients up for success with skills
Cristofer Chan (DBT Clinician and Inner Solutions' Associate Director of Operations) provides information on how to acquire, strengthen, and generalize DBT skill use. He also discusses how phone coaching can be used to generalize DBT skills.
The Psychology of Staying on Track: Resolutions Demystified
Inner Solutions' DBT Clinician Adriana Fernandez discusses why New Years Resolutions have a tendency to go awry a couple of months into the New Year. She offers ideas about how to use DBT skills and hacks from behavioural therapy in order to in...
EMDR
We provide an overview of EMDR - an evidence-based treatment used to treat symptoms related to past adverse experiences and/or traumatic incidents.
Prolonged Exposure - a treatment for PTSD
We go through the treatment protocol for Prolonged Exposure, an evidence-based therapy used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Exposure therapy as the antidote to trauma symptoms
Today we do a deep-dive into exposure strategies, and how we can use exposure to treat trauma symptoms.
Why relationships can feel traumatizing to someone with BPD - and how the biosocial theory of BPD helps to explain this
The biosocial theory of BPD is described, and is used to help explain why people with BPD can sometimes feel like relationships are traumatizing.
What is trauma?
In this episode we define trauma, as well as talk about why traumatic events lead to PTST for some people and not others. *Note - we experienced technical difficulties with our sound in this episode, thanks for being patient with us as w...